Old Dominion University Research Foundation

INVESTING IN INNOVATION - SCALE UP

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR "FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH METHODS TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS"

FROM QUARKS TO NUCLEI

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF SUPPORT OR STIMULATION OF THE HIV PREVENTION PRODUCTS TARGETED FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.

EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS

VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

PIRE: CENTENNIAL GENETIC AND SPECIES TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EPICENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY

VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM FY2020-2024

FY 2009 TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS

"A THEORETICALLY DRIVEN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFICACY OF AN IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE AVATAR"

CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE: PREPARING FUTURE CYBERSECURITY LEADERS THROUGH APPLIED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

ADVANCING RURAL COMPUTER SCIENCE (ARCS)

NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY AND RETENTION

VSGC ALIGNS WITH THE NATIONAL SPACE GRANT PROGRAM OBJECTIVES OF: (1) PROMOTING A STRONG STEM EDUCATION BASE FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH SECONDARY LEVELS

MISSION STATEMENT: THE VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM ACTS AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION COORDINATING AND DEVELOPING QUALITY AEROSPACE-RELATED HIGH

PREPARING LEADERSHIP IN ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION THROUGH AN INTERUNIVERSITY COLLABORATORY

TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; DEVELOPMENT OF A SUITE OF ENGINEERED MULTI-SPOKE SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITIES FOR NUCLEAR PHYSICS, LIGHT SOURCES AND DRIVEN SYSTE

INVESTIGATION OF NEW SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION HIGH-GRADIENT TRF CATITIVES FOR PARTICLE ACCELEARATORS

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS PROGRAM

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE

PIRE: ORIGINS OF HIGH MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN THE INDO-MALAY-PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO: TRANSFORMING A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT INTO A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

CYBERAI SFS: PREPARING FUTURE CYBERAI LEADERS THROUGH AI-INTEGRATED TRAINING AND APPLIED LEARNING EXPERIENCES -THIS PROJECT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND CYBERSECURITY (CYBERAI) PROGRAMS AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (ODU) IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR SERVICE SUPPORTING CYBERAI MISSION OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROJECT SUPPORTS AN EDUCATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM THAT RELIES ON A NUMBER OF HIGH-QUALITY COURSES IN CYBERSECURITY AND AI, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE BOTH AT ODU AND DURING SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED BY CYBERAI FACULTY, PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COMPETITIONS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS IN CYBERAI FIELD. IN ADDITION TO FULFILLING REQUIRED COURSEWORK, THIS PROJECT PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TEAMWORK DEPENDING ON THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND ASPIRATION. WITH A STRONG INSTITUTIONAL TRACK RECORD IN THEIR SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (SFS) PROGRAM FOR PREPARING STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS IN CYBERAI, ODU AND ITS SCHOOL OF CYBERSECURITY ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO SUCCESSFULLY RUN THIS PROJECT. ODU IS THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION TO HAVE ITS CYBERAI PROGRAMS VALIDATED BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA). IN ADDITION, ODU IS DESIGNATED BY THE NSA AS A NATIONAL CENTER OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBER DEFENSE RESEARCH (CAE-R) A NATIONAL CENTER OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBER OPERATIONS (CAE-CO), AND NATIONAL CENTER OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBER DEFENSE (CAE-CD). STUDENTS SELECTED FOR THE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS WHILE COMPLETING THE REQUIRED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. THE GRADUATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL STEM WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY AS GOVERNMENT EXPERTS IN THE USE OF AI IN CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS AND THE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE OF AI SYSTEMS THEMSELVES. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CYBERAICORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (CYBERAI SFS) PROGRAM WHICH FUNDS PROPOSALS TO INCREASE NATIONAL CAPACITY TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PROFESSIONALS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) OR CYBERSECURITY, AND TO SUPPORT THEIR PLACEMENT AND RETENTION IN THE CYBERAI MISSION OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE SCHOLARSHIP TRACK FUNDS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE INNOVATION TRACK SEEKS TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION PROPOSALS IN THE AREAS OF AI, CYBERSECURITY, OR THE INTEGRATION OF AI AND CYBERSECURITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

ED+GINEERING: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIP INTEGRATING ENGINEERING INTO ELEMENTARY TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS PROGRAM

DESTRUCTIVE BLOOMS OF THE ICHTHYOTOXIC HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (HAB) SPECIES MARGALEFIDINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES, HAVE OCCURRED NEARLY ANNUALLY IN LATE SUMMER IN THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FOR DECADES. SINCE 2007, M. POLYKRIKOIDES BLOOMS HAVE BEEN SUCCEEDED BY BLOOMS OF ALEXANDRIUM MONILATUM. BLOOMS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO EUTROPHICATION AND WARMING TEMPERATURES AND CONTRIBUTE TO REGIONAL HYPOXIA/ANOXIA, AND FINFISH AND SHELLFISH MORTALITY. THROUGH PREVIOUS RESEARCH, BLOOM INITIATION HOTSPOTS WERE IDENTIFIED, TRANSPORT PATHWAYS FROM INITIATION SITES ESTABLISHED, AND MODELS FOR BLOOM DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT IMPLEMENTED. NETWORKS FOR BLOOM DETECTION AND MONITORING THAT INCLUDE FIXED STATION SAMPLING, UNDERWAY "DATAFLOW" SAMPLING FROM BOATS, AND SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE ARE IN PLACE AND WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE PROPOSED DEPLOYMENT OF LOW-COST, HIGH THROUGHPUT, PHYTOPLANKTON IMAGING PLANKTOSCOPES. AVAILABLE RESEARCH, STATE-OF-THE-ART ESTUARINE FORECAST MO

CREATING TEAMS OF EDUCATORS TO BUILD THE LITERACY SKILLS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES

NASA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SUPPORT: THE GCCE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE E

ONE OF NASA'S BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF ASTRONAUTS WHO GO ON DEEP SPACE MISSIONS IS THE IMPACT THAT HIGH Z, HIGH ENERGY (HZE) PA

TOPICS IN THEORETICAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS

RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE (RSLR), MORE INTENSE STORMS, AND INCREASE IN EXTREME RAINFALLS WILL EXACERBATE FLOOD RISK TO COASTAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS (STNS). THUS, COASTAL REGIONS NEED TO PRIORITIZE BUILDING RESILIENCE TO RSLR IN THEIR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. WITH THE SHIFT IN PREFERRED COASTAL PROTECTION MEASURES FROM TRADITIONAL COASTAL STRUCTURES TO NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED BASED FEATURES (NNBFS), IT IS IMPERATIVE TO QUANTIFY NNBFS BENEFITS IN PROTECTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS FROM FLOODING UNDER RSRL AND ASSESS HOW THIS PROTECTION TRANSLATES TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CRITICAL GAPS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FLOODING RESULTS IN STN DEGRADATION AND THUS SHORTCOMINGS IN DECISION-MAKING TOOLS. TO ADDRESS THESE GAPS, A NEW DYNAMIC AND INTEGRATED MODELING FRAMEWORK IS PROPOSED FOR PREDICTING ADVERSE RSLR EFFECTS ON AND NNBF BENEFITS FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THE FRAMEWORK, FIRST, EMPLOYS HYDRODYNAMIC AND MORPHODYNAMIC MODE

ONE OF NASAS BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF ASTRONAUTS WHO GO ON DEEP SPACE MISSIONS IS THE IMPACT THAT HADRON PARTICLES HAVE ON BRAI

"(MURI 02) SUBCELLULAR RESPONSES TO NARROWBAND AND WIDEBAND RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION"

ASTRONAUTS MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES INCLUDING PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY POTENTIAL SOCIAL ISOLATION (SI) AND PREDICTED EXPOSURE TO ~ 13 CGY/YR SPACE RADIATION (SR).....

NASA STRATEGIC GOAL 4: ENHANCE CAPABILITIES AND OPERATIONS TO CATALYZE CURRENT AND FUTURE MISSION SUCCESS. NASA INVESTMENTS IN STEM ENGAGEMENT ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING A FUTURE STEM WORKFORCE THROUGH PROGRAM ELEMENTS DESIGNED TO BOLSTER CAPACITY AND TO ATTRACT ENGAGE AND ENABLE STUDENTS TO MOVE TOWARD STEM CAREERS THROUGH NASA-UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES.

VIRGINIA AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARS: VIRGINIA AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HIGH THROUGHPUT CIGS SOLAR CELL FABRICATION VIA ULTRA-THIN ABSORBER LAYER WITH OPTICAL CONFINEMENT AND (CD, CBD)-FREE HETEROJUNCTION PARTNER

SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM

SECONDARY EFFECTS OF PARENT TREATMENT FOR DRUG ABUSE ON CHILDREN

SCC-IRG TRACK 2: SCALABLE MODELING AND ADAPTIVE REAL-TIME TRUST-BASED COMMUNICATION (SMARTC) SYSTEM FOR ROADWAY INUNDATIONS IN FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES

A NOVEL BRCA1 BINDING DOMAIN ON THE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-ALPHA OVERCOMES TAMOXIFEN RESISTANCE

MODULATION OF REGULATORY CELL FUNCTION IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY

MRI ACQUISITION: A RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLING INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN HAMPTON ROADS

NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY, AND RETENTION - INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLBORATIVE PRACTICE

NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY AND RETENTION - VETERAN NURSES IN PRIMARY CARE

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIP

DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MODELING DISEASE PROCESSES IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES

BIOELECTRICS RESEARCH FOR CASUALTY CARE AND MANAGEMENT

STRATEGIES : COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MARINETECH: STEM PREPARATION THROUGH MARINE ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES

RYAN WHITE PART C OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

METABOLIC REGULATION IN OTITIS MEDIA

RAPID SOLUTIONS LEARNING-PROJECTS PROGRAM (RSLP)

PIXELS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: ANALYTIC COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE COASTAL RESILIENCY OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA

THIS PROPOSAL COVERING THE FIVE YEARS PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2013 TO JANUARY 31ST, 2018 PRESENTS THE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL AND TIME DEP

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER DISPARITY AND TREATMENT RESISTANCE IN TNBC

SCC-CIVIC-FA TRACK B CONVERGENCE, INVENTORY, MATCHING, AND ASSIGNMENT (CIMA) TO OPTIMIZE POST-EVENT HOUSING REPAIR FOR DISPLACED VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

NANOASSAY FOR REALTIME MOLECULAR PROBING ABC TRANSPORTER

FROM STERN TO STEM: A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND EDUCATION OF NAVY VETERANS

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF US GEOTRACES GP17 SECTION: SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN (GP17-OCE)

GEOSPATIAL TECHNICIAN EDUCATION-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (GEOTED-UAS)

CELL DEATH INDUCTION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE, NANOSECOND-DURATION ELECTRIC PULSES

22-SGKIDS2022-0002 NASA SPACE GRANT PLANT THE MOON CHALLENGE

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS

EARLY DETECTION OF TUMOR RELAPSE IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION COMPUTIONAL MODELS FOR SPACE RADIATION SHIELDING STUDIE

CREATING THE FLEET MAKER: AN INFORMAL STEM LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO STIMULATE INNOVATIVE THINKING, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND EMPOWER ALL SAIL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GOOGLE EARTH FOR ONSITE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION (GEODE)

MARITIME TRADES MAGNET (MTM) CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY

ADVANCE ADAPTATION: RE-ENVISIONING INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EXCELLENCE (RISE) ADVANCING WOMEN IN STEM AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY -THE OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (ODU) RE-ENVISIONING INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EXCELLENCE (RISE) PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ODU'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE SYSTEMIC GENDER AND RACIAL INEQUITIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM). GENDER AND RACIAL BIASES PRODUCE GAPS IN RECRUITMENT, HIRING, TENURE, AND PROMOTION, AND CONTRIBUTE TO ADVERSE DEPARTMENTAL CLIMATES. USING AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS, THE RISE PROJECT TEAM WILL ADAPT EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FROM PREVIOUS ADVANCE PROGRAMS TO ODU?S SPECIFIC STEM ENVIRONMENT. THE RISE PROJECT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE THAT WILL TRANSFORM ODU?S CAMPUS COMMUNITY INTO ONE THAT EMBRACES A VIBRANT AND DIVERSE STEM FACULTY. THE ODU RISE PROJECT HAS THREE GOALS: 1) IMPROVE STEM FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESSES; 2) ADDRESS EQUITY ISSUES RELATED TO THE TENURE AND PROMOTION PROCESS, AND 3) IMPROVE DEPARTMENTAL CLIMATE TO ENHANCE INCLUSIVITY. USING AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS, THE RISE PROJECT?S STRUCTURED INTERVENTIONS INCLUDE: 1) PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR STEM DEPARTMENTS FOR HIRING AND HOLDING DEPARTMENTS AND DEANS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR HIRING PRACTICES; 2) CREATING PROCESSES FOR EQUITABLE LAUNCH UPON HIRE, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICE, AND INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN THE EVALUATION OF SCHOLARLY WORK AND PROMOTION AND TENURE GUIDELINES; AND 3) IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER ACADEMIC CULTURE CHANGE AND RESULT IN DEPARTMENTS WHERE DIVERSE STEM FACULTY CAN THRIVE. THE GOALS AND ACTIVITIES ARE MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE, RECIPROCAL, AND NECESSARY FOR PROGRESS AND SUSTAINABILITY. THE RISE PROJECT AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT EQUITY ISSUES AMONG FACULTY MEMBERS AND IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENTAL CLIMATE OF ALL STEM DISCIPLINES. THE OUTCOMES OF THE RISE PROJECT WILL BE DISSEMINATED LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND NATIONALLY BY ODU MEDIA PROFESSIONALS AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS). THE RISE PROJECT WILL PROMOTE MINDFULNESS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERSECTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT ENHANCE INCLUSIVITY IN STEM AT OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE NATION. THE NSF ADVANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER GENDER EQUITY THROUGH A FOCUS ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS THAT IMPEDE THE FULL PARTICIPATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF DIVERSE FACULTY IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.? ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS THAT INHIBIT EQUITY MAY EXIST IN POLICIES, PROCESSES, PRACTICES, AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE.? ADVANCE ADAPTATION AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ADAPTATION AND ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACADEMIC, NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS WELL AS NON-ACADEMIC, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR SECOND CAREER SEEKING STUDENTS

IMPROVING THE SUCCESS OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN A CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WARMING AND IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS IN THE ARCTIC: DETERMINING THE LINK BETWEEN SOLAR ENERGY ABSORPTION AND SURFACE WARMING T

A PATHWAY TO COMPLETION FOR PURSUING ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEGREES

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

SEP: SUSTAINABLE HOUSING THROUGH HOLISTIC WASTE STREAM MANAGEMENT AND ALGAL CULTIVATION

GROWING EDUCATORS OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE: CULTIVATING MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS WHO SERVE IN HIGH-NEED COMMUNITIES -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF PREPARING HIGH QUALITY STEM TEACHERS TO SERVE IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SUCH DISTRICTS, TEACHERS MUST BE PREPARED IN THE USE OF BEST PRACTICES IN SUPPORT OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS. THIS INCLUDES CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO RECRUIT STEM MAJORS TO BECOME TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT INTENDS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO JUNIOR AND SENIOR LEVEL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PURSUING BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN STEM DISCIPLINES, ALONG WITH TEACHER CERTIFICATION AT THE SECONDARY OR MIDDLE GRADE LEVEL. AS PART OF THE PROJECT?S RECRUITMENT STRATEGY OF STEM MAJORS TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION, THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO SUPPORT STUDENT SERVICE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRESHMEN THROUGH JUNIOR YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. THESE SERVICE INTERNSHIPS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE UNIVERSITY STEM STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND TIME IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS. THIS IS TO ALLOW THE INTERNS TO OBSERVE HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS IN GRADES 6-12, TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, AND TO BECOME AWARE OF PRODUCTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES. THE QUALITY GRADES 6-12 STEM EDUCATORS RESULTING FROM THIS PROJECT ARE EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THE STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND SUCCESS OF STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IN THE HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHESAPEAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SUFFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NAME CHANGING TO VIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE). THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECRUIT AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 27 HIGH-ACHIEVING STEM STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE STEM BACCALAUREATE DEGREES WHILE ALSO OBTAINING TEACHING CREDENTIALS AND SOLIDIFY AGREEMENTS TO TEACH IN THE HAMPTON ROADS DISTRICTS (DIVISIONS). IN ADDITION TO A SOLID STEM BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM AND CERTIFICATION PATH, THE PROJECT INTENDS TO USE INTERNSHIPS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND BOTH UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND DISTRICT TEACHER MENTORS TO GROW THE UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGIES AMONG THE NOYCE SCHOLARS. AS PROJECT PARTICIPANTS, STUDENTS WILL BE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOL PARTNERS, LEARN BEST-PRACTICES FOR TEACHING IN HIGH-NEED ENVIRONMENTS, AND RETURN TO TEACH IN THE SURROUNDING AND SCHOOL PARTNER DISTRICTS. AS PROJECT PARTICIPANTS TRANSITION INTO PROJECT ALUMNI AND RETURN TO PARTNERSHIP DISTRICTS TO TEACH, STUDENTS AT PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH AND GROW FROM THE PROJECT ALUMNI, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUAL PERPETUATION OF PROJECT APPLICANTS. THIS TRACK 1: SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT (NOYCE). THE NOYCE PROJECT SUPPORTS TALENTED STEM UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE K-12 STEM TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED, EXEMPLARY K-12 TEACHERS TO BECOME STEM MASTER TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RETENTION OF K-12 STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPACT OF CLIMATE WARMING AND OCEAN CARBONATION ON EELGRASS (ZOSTERA MARINA L.)

ANALYSIS OF RECOVERABLE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS VIA THE SPIDER ARCHITECTURE

EXPANDING GEOSPATIAL TECHNICIAN EDUCATION THROUGH VIRGINIA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES (GTEVCC)

ADOPTION FIDELITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ALCOHOL SBIRT IN DENTAL PRACTICE

GEOSPATIAL TECHNICIAN EDUCATION THROUGH VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES (GTEVCC)

NASA S VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY INVOLVES A BROAD RANGE OF HUMAN AND ROBOTIC MISSIONS TO THE MOON, MARS, ASTEROIDS, THE GAS GI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TOWARD AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF BLUE CARBON: THE ROLE OF SEAGRASSES IN SEQUESTERING CO2

XPS:FULL:DSD: A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING HIGHLY SCALABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT GUARANTEED QUALITY MESH GENERATION FOR 3D AND 4D FINITE ELEMENT A

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH--MICROSCOPIC ISLANDS: MODELING THE THEORY OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY FOR AQUATIC PATHOGENS COLONIZING MARINE AGGREGATES

TRIO - EDUCATIONAL OPORTUNITY CENTERS - EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF US GEOTRACES PACIFIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT

ECOHAB 2017: TOWARD A PREDICTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COCHLODINIUM AND ALEXANDRIUM BLOOMS IN LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - MARINE CAREER TECH (MCTECH): STEM CAREERS IN SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE INDUSTRY

UNRAVELLING THE MECHANISMS OF RF FIELD, FREQUENCY, AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES OF NONLINEAR SURFACE RESISTANCE IN SUPER CONDUCTING CAVITIES

DISSERTATION INSTITUTE

HIV INTERVENTION AMONG WOMEN AT HIGH RISK

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE FOOD PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES GOES UNEATEN, SQUANDERING ENERGY, WATER, AND SPACE IN LANDFILLS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO METHANE EMISSIONS AND WATER POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. THIS WASTE OCCURS AT EVERY STAGE OF THE FOOD CHAIN, FROM CULTIVATION TO CONSUMPTION BY HOUSEHOLDS AND THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY. FOOD WASTE CONTAINS FIVE MAJOR COMPONENTS I.E., CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, EXTRACTIVES, LIGNIN, AND LIPIDS. THESE COMPONENTS ARE RENEWABLE RESOURCES TO MANUFACTURE BIOPRODUCTS. IT CAN DRIVE CIRCULARITY BY PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO MAKING, USING, AND DISPOSING OF PARADIGM AND KEEPING RESOURCES IN USE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, EXTRACTING MAXIMUM VALUE.THIS PROJECT WILL ENGINEER A ROBUST AND SCALABLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FOR CONVERTING FOOD WASTE TO HIGH SURFACE AREA CARBON WHICH CAN BE USED IN SUPERCAPACITORS. THE PROCESS WILL APPLY A GEO-MIMIC HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION (HTC) METHOD TO CAPTURE ORGANIC CARBON CONTAINING IN FOOD WASTE IN SOLID FORM TERMED AS HYDROCHAR. SUBSEQUENTLY, HYDROCHAR WILL BE THERMO-CHEMICALLY ACTIVATED TO HIGH SURFACE AREA CARBON (>1000 M2/G) WHICH WILL BE CHARACTERIZED FOR ITS ENERGY STORAGE PROPERTIES. THE WASTEWATER GENERATED DURING THE HTC PROCESS WILL BE BIOLOGICALLY TREATED BY CULTIVATING MARINE PROTIST BIOMASS. THE TREATED WATER CAN BE RECYCLED FOR CONDUCTING HTC PROCESS WHEREAS GENERATED BIOMASS FROM BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT WILL BE USED FOR MAKING HYDROCHAR ALONG WITH FOOD WASTE.THE END GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN FOOD WASTE VALORIZATION PROCESS TO HIGH SURFACE AREA CARBON MATERIAL AND A WAY TO REDUCE THE DISPOSAL COSTS OF THE FOOD WASTE STREAM BY MORE THAN 40% COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL ANAEROBIC DIGESTION.A COMBINATION OF EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING APPROACH WILL BE ADOPTED FOR OPTIMIZING THE PROPOSED FOOD WASTE VALORIZATION PROCESS. THE PROCESS PARAMETERS WILL BE USED FOR DEVELOPING TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE PROPOSED PROCESS IN COMPARISON TO EXISTING FOOD WASTE VALORIZATION METHODS. THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT ANALYSES WILL INFORM THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT. THE SCIENTIFIC OUTCOMES FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCES THROUGH PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS. WHEREAS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS WILL HELP EDUCATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS.

PREPARATION OF LEADERSHIP PERSONNEL

TAS::57 3600::TAS AN EXAMINATION OF TRUST EXHIBITED BY MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES TOWARD ROBOTIC PEACEKEEPERS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE WARMING AND IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENT (WARM) BUOY: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN HEATING, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND PHOT

ORGANIC CARBON OXIDATION AND IRON REMOBILIZATION BY WEST ANTARCTIC SHELF SEDIMENTS

DYNAMICS OF SURFACE MELTING

RADIATION SHIELDING STUDIES AND IMPROVED TRANSPORT METHODS

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS

ELECTRO GENE TRANSFER FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

TAS::57 3600::TAS 'ADVANCED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF NANOSECOND PULSED MICROPLASMAS'

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBERTRAINING: IMPLEMENTATION: MEDIUM: T3-CIDERS: A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER APPROACH TO FOSTERING CI- AND DATA-ENABLED RESEARCH IN CYBERSECURITY -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO RESPOND TO THE URGENT NEED FOR WELL-PREPARED CYBERSECURITY RESEARCHERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE NATION BY INCREASING THE LITERACY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ADOPTION OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND PLATFORMS IN CYBERSECURITY AND CYBER-RELATED DISCIPLINES. THE PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPS ?T3-CIDERS?, A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM, WHICH WILL TRAIN TEAMS OF FACULTY, RESEARCHERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES, WHO WILL SUBSEQUENTLY DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO A BROADER GROUP OF STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS WITHIN THEIR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND TO K-12 AUDIENCES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHIN UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. THE TRAINING PROGRAM REACHES A WIDER AUDIENCE THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE, OPEN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, BROADENING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF COMPUTATIONAL AND DATA SCIENCE ACROSS VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES. THE T3-CIDERS PROGRAM FACILITATES THE PREPARATION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE CYBERSECURITY AND CYBER-RELATED RESEARCHERS, ENGINEERS, AND PRACTITIONERS WITH ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA ANALYTIC SKILLS, WHICH HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPING SECURE AND RESILIENT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. GIVEN ITS MULTI-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE AND UBIQUITOUS SOCIETAL NEEDS FOR ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IN CYBERSECURITY, THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND WIDE-RANGING SOCIETAL IMPACTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM, AND DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES OF SUPPORTING DIVERSE AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT FURNISHES A UNIQUE TRAIN-THE-TRAINER APPROACH TO FOSTERING CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE- AND DATA-ENABLED RESEARCH IN CYBERSECURITY (T3-CIDERS), A PROGRAM TO TRAIN FACULTY, RESEARCHERS, AND STUDENTS TO DEVELOP SOLID CI COMPETENCIES THROUGH A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BE SYNERGISTIC WITH RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES. THE PROJECT DEVELOPS COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE (CI)-FOCUSED AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER (T3) MODULES DESIGNED FOR EFFECTIVE CI EDUCATION OF A BROAD AND DIVERSE RANGE OF LEARNERS. LEVERAGING THE GROUNDWORK LAID BY THE NSF-FUNDED DEAPSECURE PROGRAM, THIS PROJECT WILL AUGMENT THE EXISTING DEAPSECURE CI MODULES BY DEVELOPING NEW FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLICATION-ORIENTED RESOURCES TAILORED FOR ADVANCING CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH. A CORE COMPONENT IN THIS PROJECT IS A NOVEL T3 MODULE, DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE CYBERSECURITY RESEARCHERS AND PROFESSIONALS INTO SKILLED TRAINERS, ENHANCING BOTH THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CAPABILITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL APTITUDES. THIS LEARNER-FOCUSED APPROACH ASPIRES TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP) AND PROMOTE CI INTEGRATION IN CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. MOREOVER, TO EXTEND THE PROJECT'S REACH AND LONGEVITY, AN ONLINE ADAPTATION, T3-ONLINE, WILL BE DEVELOPED AS AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE TO FACILITATE BROADENING PROJECT OUTCOMES INTO OTHER DOMAINS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT WILL DRIVE INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF CI AS ESSENTIAL TOOLS IN STATE-OF-THE-ART CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH, FLATTEN THE STUDENT LEARNING CURVE FOR CI TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CI TRAINING FOR CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE, DIRECTORATE FOR STEM EDUCATION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NASA TRANSFORMATIONAL TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES, (TTT1) PROJECT, SUBTOPIC 2.1.3 EXTRE

NURSE EDUCATION PRACTICE AND RETENTION

THE TERM "BLUE CARBON" WAS COINED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS DOMINATED BY VASCULAR PLANTS IN THE C CYCLE. ECOSYSTEMS DOMINATED BY SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION (SAV FRESHWATER PLANTS AND SEAGRASSES) SEQUESTER C THROUGH LIVING BIOMASS BURIAL OF ORGANIC C IN PERMANENTLY FLOODED SEDIMENTS AND BY MICROBIAL DISSIMILATORY SULFATE REDUCTION (MDSR) THAT GENERATES PYRITE AND ALKALINITY AND TRAPS RESPIRED C IN THE STABLE OCEANIC HCO3- POOL AND OUT THE ATMOSPHERE FOR >1000 YRS. HOWEVER RATES OF C SEQUESTRATION IN SAV MEADOWS VARY BY >200X ACROSS THE GLOBE. NONETHELESS STANDING BIOMASS REPRESENTS A CONSERVATIVE LOWER BOUND FOR ESTIMATING BLUE CARBON AND WE CAN NOW MAKE THOSE MEASUREMENTS FROM SPACE AT TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES THAT OFFER TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO ACCURATELY MONITOR THE BLUE CARBON DYNAMICS OF SAV ECOSYSTEMS. WE WILL MONITOR SAV DISTRIBUTION/ABUNDANCE FROM REMOTE SENSING AND LINK THOSE QUANTITIES TO BLUE CARBON BURIAL. OUR STUDY WILL FOCUS ON SAV IN THE CHESAPEAKE REGION THAT INHABIT A STRONG SALINITY GRADIENT FROM THE FRESHWATER MEADOWS OF WILD CELERY IN SUSQUEHANNA FLATS TO THE LUSH EELGRASS MEADOWS IN THE FULLY OCEANIC COASTAL LAGOONS OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. ORGANIC C PRESERVATION SHOULD BE HIGHEST IN THE FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS AND DECLINE WITH INCREASING SALINITY BECAUSE OF MDSR. HOWEVER PYRITE ABUNDANCE AND ALKALINITYDERIVED C TRAPPING SHOULD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT AS SALINITY INCREASES DOWN THE BAY AND INTO THE COASTAL LAGOONS BECAUSE MDSR REQUIRES SO4-2 THAT IS 250-FOLD MORE ABUNDANT IN SEAWATER THAN IN FRESHWATER.

IMPROVING HIGH SCHOOL STEM EDUCATION IN PHYSICS

TOPICS IN THEORETICAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS

A NOVEL SINGLE-MOLECULE TELOMERE CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANALYZING CANCER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION IN SOCIAL WOODPECKERS

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS

DEVELOPING NEW ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN VIRGINIA: BIO-DIESEL FROM ALGAE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPACT OF MESOSCALE PROCESSES ON IRON SUPPLY AND PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS IN THE ROSS SEA

TARGET EFFECTS ON THE ELECTRIC FIELD AND CHARGE TRANSFER IN A REPETITIVE NANOSECOND PULSED PLASMA IMPINGING ON A BIOMATERIAL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE US ARCTIC GEOTRACES STUDY

EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING DETECTION SYSTEMSOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

THIS PROPOSAL COVERING THE FIVE YEARS PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1ST. 2018 TO JANUARY 31ST. 2023 PRESENTS THE NUMERICAL ENHANCEMENT AND COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SPATIAL AND TIME DEPENDENT TRAPPED PROTON/ELECTRON RADIATION ENVIRONMENT MODELS WITHIN THE EARTH GEOMAGNETIC FIELD. THE MODELS WILL ALSO ACCOUNT FOR THE EFFECTS OF INCOMING PARTICLE FIELDS OF GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS (GCR) BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF A SPACECRAFT. IT PROPOSES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOST RECENT MAGNETIC FIELD MODEL DEFINITION TO BE COUPLED WITH TIME DEPENDENT MODELS OF THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS TO BE FOUND AT LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) IN THE RANGE OF 400~2000 KILOMETERS (KM) MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO) IN THE RANGE OF 2000~25000 KM AND GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT (GSO) AT 35793 KM. THE MODELS ARE TO BE USED IN THE SPACE IONIZING RADIATION ANALYSIS STUDIES. THE WORK WILL DEAL WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PARTICLE ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING ALGORITHMS NEEDED AS INPUT TO THE RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES (DETERMINISTIC OR STOCHASTIC) ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRESENCE OF IONS ELECTRONS PHOTONS PIONS/MUONS AND NEUTRONS. THE MODELS CAN BE COUPLED TO AVAILABLE ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION IONIZATION MODEL TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION ON THE INCOMING PARTICLE FIELDS OF BOTH GCR AND SOLAR ORIGIN AT THE LEO MEO AND GSO ALTITUDES. CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE STUDY OF RADIATION SURVIVABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND WEATHER SATELLITES IN GEOSYNCHRONOUS (GEO ALTITUDE: 35 793 KM) AND GSO DUE TO HIGH FLUX OF TRAPPED ELECTRONS. CURRENTLY THE MOST WIDELY USED TRAPPED PARTICLE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION NEAR EARTH IS BASED ON THE NASA S STATIC AP8/AE8 MODELS WHICH DEFINE THE TRAPPED PROTON AND ELECTRON INTENSITIES. THESE MODELS ARE BASED ON A LARGE NUMBER OF SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS CARRIED OUT IN THE 1960S AND 1970S. IN THIS PROPOSAL THE AP8/AE8 MODELS AS WELL AS A HEAVY IONS GCR MODEL WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE MOST RECENT INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RADIATION FIELD (IGRF) REFERENCE DATABASE TO DEFINE THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR PROTONS ELECTRONS AND HEAVY IONS AT LEO MEO AND GEO (OR GSO). UPDATED LEO AND MEO DOSIMETRIC CALCULATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS SINCE ANY LAUNCH PLATFORM CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A PAYLOAD TO GEO WILL ACCUMULATE EXPOSURE DURING ITS TRANSIT THROUGH LEO AND MEO. THIS WILL PROVIDE PREDICTION CAPABILITY TO DEFINE THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT WITH HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY UP TO 2020 DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THIS EFFORT FOLLOWED BY AN UPDATE TO 2025 DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THIS PROPOSAL. THE PARTICLE TRANSPORT APPROACH TAKEN IN THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE TO USE THE LEO MEO GEO TRAPPED AND GEOMAGNETICALLY ATTENUATED GCR ENVIRONMENTS AS INPUT TO THE LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER (LARC) DEVELOPED DETERMINISTIC PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES HIGH CHARGE (Z) AND ENERGY TRANSPORT (HZETRN) COUPLED ELECTRON PHOTON TRANSPORT (CEPTRN) AND MESON TRANSPORT (MESTRN) WHICH ARE NOW COMBINED IN A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT CODE CALLED HZETRN2015. THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH EXPOSURE PREDICTION WITHIN SIMPLE GEOMETRIES SUCH AS SPHERICAL SHELL OR A LARGE MODULAR STRUCTURE REPRESENTED BY A SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS). BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SIMULATIONS CONCLUSIONS WILL BE DRAWN ON THE EXPOSURE LEVELS ACCUMULATED BY THESE GEOMETRIES THROUGHOUT A MISSION TO AT LEO MEO AND GEO.

DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE FUEL SAVINGS IN COMBATANT

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF SURFACE RESISTANCE OF SUPERCONDUCTORS FOR NEXT GENERATION PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

LIBRARIANS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER

HCC: MEDIUM: CONTROL OF A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR VIA A BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE

ANALYTICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR SPACE RADIATION TRANSPORT STUDIES

EDUCATING THE NASA STEM WORKFORCE PIPELINE

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** RECENTLY, THIS TEAM EXPERIMENTALLY DEMONSTRATED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (HGT) EVENTS CAN INDEED OCCUR FROM GENETICALLY ENGINEERED (GE) CYANOBACTERIA TO A COMMON LABORATORY STRAIN OF E. COLI. THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP IS TO ASSESS WHETHER HGT COULD OCCUR FROM GE CYANOBACTERIA TO OTHER MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING SOIL-ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED BACTERIA SUCH AS SERRATIA MARCESCENS, PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA, BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS AND RISK GROUP-2 ORGANISMS, SUCH AS STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI, SALMONELLA SP, AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, WHICH ARE WIDESPREAD IN NATURE AND COULD POSE A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS IF THEY WERE TO OBTAIN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THROUGH HGT FROM GE ORGANISMS. THEREFORE, IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT, THIS TEAM WILL MEASURE THE RATES OF HGT FROM GE CYANOBACTERIA TO SOIL-ENVIRONMENTAL BACTERIA/RISK GROUP-2 MICROORGANISMS. THE TEAM WILL ALSO CHARACTERIZE AND ELUCIDATE THE HGT MECHANISMS, SUCH AS TO WHETHER THE HGT IS THROUGH A DIRECT CELL-TO-CELL INTERACTION OR BY AN INDIRECT ROUTE OF CELL-TO-LIQUID ENVIRONMENT (EDNA)-TO-CELL PROCESS, USING A NEWLY DEVELOPED PROTOCOL FOR MEASURING HGT RATES FROM GE ALGAE TO NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS. THE TEAM WILL FURTHER ASSESS THE FATE/STABILITY OF THE TRANSGENES AND THE SURVIVABILITY OF GE CYANOBACTERIA IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR RELATED WILD-TYPE ORGANISMS. THE TEAM WILL ACHIEVE EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON THE SURVIVABILITY AND HGT OF GE CYANOBACTERIA WITH THE NATIVE MICROORGANISMS IN SOIL-POND ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE BIOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH GRANTS (BRAG) PROGRAM IN THE PROGRAM AREA 3. GENE TRANSFER BETWEEN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND MICROORGANISMS AND RELATED WILD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISMS. THIS PROJECT WILL YIELD QUANTITATIVE RATES OF HGT FROM GE CYANOBACTERIA TO SOIL-ENVIRONMENTAL BACTERIA/RISK GROUP-2 MICROORGANISMS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POSSIBLE HGT ROUTES THAT WILL BE HIGHLY VALUABLE TO THE FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES RELATED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY.

ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM FOR CUTANEOUS GENE TRANSFER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN EXAMINATION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC SULFUR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -SULFUR IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE OCEAN AND IS FOUND PRIMARILY AS DISSOLVED INORGANIC SULFATE. HOWEVER, TRACE AMOUNTS OF SULFUR EXIST AS DISSOLVED ORGANIC SULFUR (DOS). RESEARCH ON DOS IN THE OCEAN BEGAN IN THE 2000?S. THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DOS CONCENTRATION IN A SOLUTION HAVING ALMOST ONE MILLION TIMES MORE INORGANIC SULFATE. WHILE RELATIVELY SMALL IN QUANTITY COMPARED TO INORGANIC SULFUR, DOS PLAYS CRITICAL ROLES IN OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, SUNLIGHT DEGRADES DOS INTO CARBONYL SULFIDE GAS, WHICH MOVES INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, FORMING SULFATE PARTICLES THAT BLOCK SUNLIGHT REACHING THE EARTH. MANY DOS COMPOUNDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH IN THE OCEAN. ADDITIONALLY, SOME DOS COMPOUNDS REACT WITH ESSENTIAL (E.G., ZINC) AND TOXIC (E.G., MERCURY) TRACE METALS TO AFFECT THEIR SOLUBILITY AND BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY. TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES OF DOS, THIS STUDY WILL UTILIZE ARCHIVED SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM OVER 100 LOCATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM ALASKA TO ANTARCTICA AND COLLECT FRESH SAMPLES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR BERMUDA. THE SCIENTISTS WILL MEASURE THE TOTAL CONCENTRATIONS OF DOS IN THESE SAMPLES AND DETERMINE THE COMPOUNDS THAT MAKE UP DOS. GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IS A CENTRAL PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT ONE GRADUATE STUDENT AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI. THE SCIENTISTS WILL SHARE THEIR RESEARCH WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH ALREADY SCHEDULED LECTURES AND FORUMS. THEY WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND USE A VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) EXPERIENCE TO SIMULATE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO SEA AND COLLECT SAMPLES FOR DOS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL UNCOVER THE PROCESSES GOVERNING THE MARINE DOS CYCLE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WITH THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: 1) ACCURATELY QUANTIFY THE DOS INVENTORY ACROSS THE ENTIRE PACIFIC OCEAN TO CLARIFY ITS ROLE IN THE GLOBAL SULFUR CYCLE. 2) IDENTIFY THE ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR DOS PRODUCTION AND REMOVAL ALONG TWO MERIDIONAL PACIFIC TRANSECTS, ENCOMPASSING DIFFERENT BIOGEOCHEMICAL REGIMES, HYDROTHERMAL PLUMES, AND OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONES. 3) CONDUCT A YEAR-LONG, MONTHLY COLLECTION OF DEPTH PROFILES AT THE BERMUDA-ATLANTIC TIME SERIES (BATS) TO INVESTIGATE THE REACTIVITY OF DOS AND ITS COMPONENTS. THE RESEARCH WILL LEVERAGE ARCHIVED SAMPLES FROM THREE PACIFIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECTS, SPANNING FROM ALASKA TO ANTARCTICA AND ANTARCTICA TO MEXICO, ALONG WITH NEWLY COLLECTED SAMPLES FROM THE MONTHLY BATS CRUISES. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE INVENTORY AND CYCLING OF DOS IN THE OCEAN AND PROVIDE RESEARCH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH LECTURES AND A VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH RESOLUTION PLASMA SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETER AND SAMPLE INTRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH AND E

WOMEN S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE - INITIAL

OPIOID WORKFORCE EXPANSION PROGRAM- PARAPROFESSIONAL

INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT AND MICROBES ON LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS IN THE SURFACE OCEAN -THE AMOUNT OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN THE OCEAN IS SIMILAR TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SOME OF THIS DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON INCLUDES SMALL, RAPIDLY CYCLING ORGANIC MOLECULES THAT ARE NOT WELL-UNDERSTOOD. THE PRODUCTION, LOSS, AND SEAWATER CONCENTRATIONS OF THESE MOLECULES ARE INFLUENCED BY SUNLIGHT-DRIVEN REACTIONS, THE ACTIVITY OF MARINE LIFE, AND EXCHANGE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE. RAPID CYCLING KEEPS THE CONCENTRATION OF THESE COMPOUNDS LOW, MAKING THEM DIFFICULT TO MEASURE, WHILE ALLOWING THEM TO SUPPORT CARBON TRANSFER THROUGH THE SURFACE OCEAN. THIS PROJECT WILL USE AN IMPROVED ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EXAMINE HOW SUNLIGHT AND MARINE MICROORGANISMS CONTROL THE PRODUCTION AND LOSS OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE, TWO SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SURFACE-OCEAN CARBON CYCLING. THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE NEW INSIGHT INTO OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE CONNECTIONS, WHICH ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO SUPPORT STUDENT TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT CONNECT OCEAN CARBON-CYCLE RESEARCH WITH BROADER SCIENCE EDUCATION. MARINE LABILE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC), WHICH ENCOMPASSES HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT (LMW) ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, MEDIATES A MAJOR FRACTION OF CARBON FLUX THROUGH THE DOC POOL. THESE LMW ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ARE PRESENT AT LOW CONCENTRATIONS, OFTEN IN THE LOW- TO SUB-NANOMOLAR RANGE, AND ARE RAPIDLY PRODUCED AND CONSUMED ON TIMESCALES OF HOURS TO DAYS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE CYCLING OF TWO BIOLOGICALLY LABILE COMPOUNDS IN THE SURFACE OCEAN: FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE. THESE LMW ALDEHYDES PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF MARINE DOC, THE MICROBIAL CYCLING OF LMW ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND AIR-SEA EXCHANGE. DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE IN LABILE DOC CYCLING, THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON THEIR PRODUCTION AND LOSS IN SEAWATER ARE POORLY CONSTRAINED. THIS GAP IS PARTLY DUE TO ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION. TO ADDRESS THIS LIMITATION, THIS PROJECT USES A CLOSED SYSTEM FOR FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS THAT MINIMIZES ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION. THIS THREE-YEAR STUDY AIMS TO ADDRESS THREE QUESTIONS: (Q1) DO DIEL VARIATIONS IN FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS IN SURFACE OCEAN WATERS REFLECT A BALANCE AMONG PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION, MICROBIAL CYCLING, AIR-SEA EXCHANGE, AND MIXING? (Q2) HOW IMPORTANT ARE BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO THE CYCLING OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE IN THE SURFACE MIXED LAYER RELATIVE TO PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION? (Q3) HOW DOES SEASONALITY INFLUENCE THE PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND MICROBIAL CYCLING OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE AT THE BERMUDA ATLANTIC TIME-SERIES STUDY STATION? DATA OBTAINED FROM UNDERWAY MEASUREMENTS, HYDROGRAPHIC STATION SAMPLING, AND INCUBATION EXPERIMENTS WILL ALLOW THE RESEARCH TEAM TO INVESTIGATE CHANGES IN FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS IN RELATION TO THEIR PRODUCTION AND REMOVAL IN SEAWATER. AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORT, THIS RESEARCH PROJECT COMBINES TOOLS FROM CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT. THE CLOSED-SYSTEM SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS METHOD DEVELOPED AND APPLIED IN THIS STUDY CAN BE BROADLY ADAPTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF LMW COMPOUNDS FOR WHICH ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION IS AN ISSUE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

NURSING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER USING A LASER MULTICHARGED ION SOURCE -NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD WILL DEVELOP A SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER WITH HIGHER SENSITIVITY THAN CURRENT COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND ALSO WITH BETTER DEPTH RESOLUTION. SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY IS USED FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE LAYER OF SOLIDS WITH UP TO PART PER MILLION SENSITIVITY AND NANOMETER DEPTH RESOLUTION. IN THIS CHEMICAL ANALYSIS METHOD, AN ION BEAM IS USED TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM THE OUTERMOST SURFACE OF THE SAMPLE. THIS BEAM IS REFERRED TO AS THE PRIMARY ION BEAM. SOME OF THE REMOVED MATERIALS LOSE ELECTRONS FORMING SECONDARY IONS THAT ESCAPE THE SURFACE OF THE STUDIED MATERIAL ALONG WITH NEUTRALS. THESE SECONDARY IONS ARE THEN ANALYZED TO FIND THEIR MASS WHICH YIELDS THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION. AN INCREASE IN THE RATIO OF SECONDARY IONS TO NEUTRALS INCREASES THE DETECTION SENSITIVITY AND RESOLUTION. CURRENT COMMERCIAL SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETERS USE SINGLY-CHARGED IONS TO REMOVE MOLECULES FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SAMPLE. IN THIS PROJECT, MULTICHARGED IONS FROM LASER ABLATION WILL BE USED AS THE PRIMARY IONS, WHICH CAN ENHANCE THE RATIO OF SECONDARY IONS TO NEUTRALS FROM THE STUDIED SAMPLE AND, CORRESPONDINGLY, INCREASE CHEMICAL DETECTION SENSITIVITY AND RESOLUTION. THE DEVELOPED INSTRUMENT WILL ENABLE THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ULTRATHIN LAYERS USED IN NANOELECTRONICS FOR HIGH-SPEED COMPUTERS, ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND SENSORS. THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO ENABLE FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION OF MULTICHARGED IONS WITH MATERIALS, THEREFORE, ADVANCING THE USE OF MULTICHARGED IONS IN NANOFABRICATION. AT LEAST THREE PH.D. STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTRUMENT, WHILE MANY FACULTY AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THE INSTRUMENT ONCE IT IS COMMISSIONED. ALSO, OVER THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, 20?24 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT AS PART OF THEIR ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS SENIOR PROJECTS, AND 2?4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SIMULATION OF THE ION BEAM COMPONENTS OF THE INSTRUMENTS. TECHNICAL SUMMARY THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER (SIMS) WITH HIGHER SENSITIVITY THAN CURRENT COMMERCIAL SIMS AND ALSO WITH BETTER DEPTH RESOLUTION. THE KEY TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT IS THE USE OF MULTICHARGED ION (MCI) PULSES GENERATED FROM A COMPACT LASER ION SOURCE AS THE PRIMARY BEAM. CURRENT COMMERCIAL SIMS USES SINGLY-CHARGED IONS OR CLUSTERS FOR THE PRIMARY BEAM, WHICH CAUSES SECONDARY ION EJECTION BY COLLISIONAL SPUTTERING FROM THE SURFACE OF A SAMPLE. MULTICHARGED PRIMARY IONS WITH HIGH POTENTIAL ENERGY CAUSE POTENTIAL ENERGY SPUTTERING IN ADDITION TO COLLISIONAL SPUTTERING, IN WHICH THE IONIZATION FRACTION FOR THE SECONDARY BEAM CAN BE TWO-TO-THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER THAN FOR SINGLY-CHARGED IONS OR CLUSTERS. THE HIGHER IONIZATION FRACTION RESULTS IN A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN SIMS SENSITIVITY AND DEPTH RESOLUTION. A PULSED LASER WILL BE USED TO ABLATE BISMUTH OR GOLD TARGETS, PRODUCING AN INTENSE SOURCE OF MCIS. THESE ION PULSES WILL BE ACCELERATED AND SHORTENED TO A FEW NANOSECONDS. THEN, A SPECIFIC CHARGE WILL BE SELECTED AND INCIDENT ON THE SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED. A TIME-OF-FLIGHT ION SPECTROMETER WILL BE BUILT TO IDENTIFY THE MASS OF THE SECONDARY IONS. THE INSTRUMENT SENSITIVITY, MASS RESOLUTION, AND DEPTH AND LATERAL RESOLUTIONS WILL BE TESTED UNDER STATIC AND DYNAMIC SIMS. THE MCI-SIMS WILL ENABLE ELEMENTAL DEPTH PROFILING OF SHALLOW-IMPLANTED DOPANTS, IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE SURFACE REGION OF THIN FILMS AND ULTRATHIN LAYERS WITH MUCH REDUCED PRE-EQUILIBRIUM REGION AND MIXING EFFECTS, AND NANOSCALE ION IMPLANTATION FOR IMPLANTATION-BASED QUANTUM DEVICES. THE INSTRUMENT WILL ENABLE FURTHER RESEARCH ON MCI INTERACTION WITH SURFACES AND THE STUDY OF SYNERGY BETWEEN MCI-SURFACE INTERACTION AND LASER SURFACE EXCITATION. AT LEAST THREE PH.D. STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MCI-SIMS, WHILE MANY FACULTY AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THE INSTRUMENT ONCE IT IS COMMISSIONED. ALSO, OVER THE FOUR YEARS, 20?24 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT AS PART OF THEIR ENGINEERING CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN AND PHYSICS SENIOR THESIS, AND 2?4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION AS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

"NEAR-FIELD PROPAGATION OF SUB-NANOSECOND ELECTRIC PULSES INTO AMORPHOUS MASSES"

ELEMENTS: CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EFFICIENT, LARGE-SCALE SIMULATION OF INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES -X-RAYS ENABLE SCIENTISTS TO SEE THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS ON ALL LENGTH SCALES FROM THE MACROSCOPIC DOWN TO THE POSITIONS OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS. IN MEDICINE, X-RAY DOSE COULD BE REDUCED BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE WITH DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN IMAGING MODALITIES AND DETECTABILITY OF SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURE INCLUDING TUMORS. NEW CANCER TREATMENT MODALITIES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. IN SPITE OF THE HUGE IMPORTANCE OF X-RAYS, THE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCING THEM LAGS FAR BEHIND THE METHODS FOR PRODUCING ORDINARY VISIBLE LIGHT. FIRST, THERE ARE NO COHERENT SOURCES OF HARD X-RAYS. SECOND, THE BRIGHTEST INCOHERENT SOURCES OF X-RAYS ARE AVAILABLE IN ONLY A FEW LARGE (ON A BILLION-DOLLAR SCALE) FACILITIES. AND THIRD, ALL OTHER X-RAY WORK IS DONE WITH VERY POOR SOURCES BASED ON TECHNOLOGY THAT IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD. INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES PRESENT A PROMISING WAY OF PRODUCING HARD X-RAYS IN AN ECONOMICAL AND WIDELY ACCESSIBLE MANNER. OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXISTING AND THE DESIGN OF THE FUTURE INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES CRUCIALLY DEPENDS ON HIGH-FIDELITY COMPUTER SIMULATIONS. SUCH SIMULATIONS ENABLE NUMERICAL TESTS OF NEW EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, OR EVEN SERVE AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, REPLACING EXPENSIVE HARDWARE. CURRENTLY, SUCH SIMULATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT BY AD HOC, INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOPED, DISJOINTED PIECES OF SOFTWARE OFTEN WRITTEN BY SCIENTISTS WHO ARE DOMAIN EXPERTS BUT NOT NECESSARILY COMPUTING SAVVY. THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED TO DEVELOP FAST AND EASILY USABLE COMPUTER SIMULATION CODES THAT CAN BE USED BY ALL RESEARCH GROUPS WORKING ON DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING BETTER INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES. THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PARADIGM FOR CALCULATION OF RADIATION SPECTRA IN INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES IS A PIVOTAL TOOL IN USHERING A NEW ERA IN HARD X-RAY SOURCE TECHNOLOGY. IT WILL ACCURATELY QUANTIFY AND OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF INVERSE COMPTON SOURCES, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF PHYSICS IN THE MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIRECTORATE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RET SITE: TRAINING STEM TEACHERS IN ALTERNATIVE (BIOMASS, SOLAR, WIND, AND HYDROGEN) ENERGY RESEARCH THROUGH HANDS ON LABORATORY AND COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIENCES

SOLAR ENGINEERING ACADEMIC PROGRAM (SOLEAP)

DATA PROVENANCE ASSURANCE IN CLOUD USING BLOCK CHAIN

A SERVICE-LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARY PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

DISSEMINATION OF MICROPROCESSOR COURSES THROUGH CLASSROOM AND INTERACTIVE CYBER-ENABLED TECHNOLOGIES

ABI INNOVATION: ADVANCED INFORMATICS AND EFFECTIVE ALGORITHMS TO ENABLE CRYOEM PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION AND DENSITY ANALYSIS

SHORT DISTANCE OF NUCLEI - MINING THE WEALTH OF EXISTING JEFFERSON LAB DATA

PLASMA PROCESSING OF SRF CAVITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

GSE/RES- PATCHING THE STEM PIPELINE BETWEEN COLLEGE AND WORK: INVESTIGATING GENDER ISSUES IN EMBEDDEDNESS

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: CONNECTIVITY OF DISEASE IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: MULTI-SCALE DYNAMICS OF A VIRAL DISEASE INFECTING CARIBBEAN SPINY LOBSTER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE NURSERY AREAS AND ADULT AGE STRUCTURE ON THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF MARINE FISHES

GSE/RES-COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CAPITALIZING ON OPPORTUNITY: NARROWING THE GENDER DIVIDE IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEV

CAREER: EYE TRACKING STREAMING ANALYTICS

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WILL LEAD A TEAM INVESTIGATING HOW TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED OPEN ACCESS DATASETS AND SOFTWARE (OADS). OADS ARE PUBLICLY AND FREELY AVAILABLE DIGITAL DATASETS AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES USED FOR REPRODUCING RESEARCH RESULTS REPORTED IN SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OADS ARE NOT PROPERLY ARCHIVED, WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE OADS THREATENING SCIENTIFIC REPRODUCIBILITY ACROSS DISCIPLINES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP, REPORT ON, AND SOLVE THE FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE VALUE, STATUS, TRENDS, AND PRESERVABILITY OF OADS IN SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC THESES AND DISSERTATIONS. THE TEAM WILL CHARACTERIZE OADS IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY, OBSERVABILITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL STUDY THE STATUS OF OADS PRESERVATION, DEVELOP PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR ENDANGERED OADS, AND EXPLORE THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF PRESERVING OADS. INVESTIGATING THESE FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO OADS WILL BENEFIT EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS, DIGITAL ARCHIVISTS, AND LIBRARIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

PROCESSES CONTROLLING CROSS SHELF EXCHANGE IN THE AMUNDSEN/BELLINGSHAUSEN SEAS

APPLYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PERSON-BASED POLICING PRACTICES

IMPROVING PATHWAYS INTO THE GEOSPATIAL AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN WORKFORCE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF US GEOTRACES EASTERN PACIFIC ZONAL TRANSECT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF US GEOTRACES GP17 SECTION: AMUNDSEN SEA SECTOR OF THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN (GP17-ANT)

PLASMA PROCESSING OF SRF CAVITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LES & MODELING OF TURBULENCE ON SHALLOW SHELVES UNDER COMBINED LANGMUIR, TIDAL & CONVECTIVE FORCING WITH COMPARISON TO VADCP

OPENSEAS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION HUB

VEGETATED COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COVER ONLY 0.2% OF THE OCEAN YET THEY ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPORTANT IN SEQUESTERING ORGANIC CARBON RELATIVE TO OTHER ECOSYSTEMS AND MAY ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF ALL THE CARBON BURIED IN MARINE SEDIMENTS. ALTHOUGH LESS ABUNDANT THAN SALTMARSHES OR MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS SEAGRASS MEADOWS REPRESENT IMPORTANT SITES OF ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION THAT MAY ACCOUNT FOR 15% OF THAT BURIED CARBON. BESIDES BURYING CARBON IN ANOXIC SEDIMENTS SEAGRASS MEADOWS PROMOTE CARBON STORAGE IN OCEAN WATERS BY RAISING SEAWATER ALKALINITY THROUGH CARBONATE DISSOLUTION AND PYRITE PRECIPITATION THAT IS NOT CAPTURED IN MOST BLUE CARBON ESTIMATES. THERE IS A LARGE UNCERTAINTY IN GLOBAL BLUE CARBON BURIAL DUE TO POORLY CONSTRAINED ESTIMATES OF GLOBAL SEAGRASS COVERAGE REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN SITU DATA AVAILABILITY AND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE NATURE OF SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION DERIVED FROM FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG SPECIES. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL DEVELOP SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR EXTRACTING SEAGRASS DISTRIBUTION AND BIOMASS FROM APPROPRIATELY RESOLVED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THAT ULTIMATELY CAN BE SCALED UP TO PROVIDE GLOBAL COVERAGE WHEN COMBINED WITH INFORMATION ON SUBMARINE BATHYMETRY AND WATER QUALITY. WE WILL PROVIDE TEST CASE VERIFICATION OF OUR APPROACH BY QUANTIFYING ABUNDANCES AND MAPPING DISTRIBUTIONS OF SEAGRASSES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO (EGOM) TWO REGIONS OF THE COASTAL UNITED STATES ENCOMPASSING IMPORTANT SEAGRASS RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THREATENED BY CHANGES IN WATER QUALITY CLIMATE WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND WITH WHICH WE HAVE EXTENSIVE LOCAL EXPERIENCE. WE WILL EXPLOIT ARCHIVED REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AVAILABLE FROM THE USGS LANDSAT-8 AND THE DIGITAL GLOBE (DG) WORLDVIEW-2 WORLDVIEW-3 SATELLITES AND DETERMINE TEMPORAL CHANGES IN SEAGRASS RESOURCES AS PERMITTED FROM THE ARCHIVED DATA. REMOTELY SENSED ESTIMATES OF ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS WILL BE DETERMINED USING ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED BY THE PIS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN TURBID COASTAL REGIONS. A NEW GENETIC ALGORITHM WILL BE EXPLORED THAT CAN IMPROVE CLASSIFICATION AND THRESHOLD DETERMINATION. THE ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS RETRIEVALS WILL BE USED TO ESTIMATE POTENTIAL BLUE CARBON DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF BELOW-GROUND SEAGRASS BIOMASS BURIED LEAF LITTER AND ALLOCHTHONOUS DETRITAL CARBON (TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE) FOR EACH SITE. REMOTELY SENSED SEAGRASS DISTRIBUTIONS WILL BE LINKED TO A PREDICTIVE BIO-OPTICAL MODEL WE CALL GRASSLIGHT THAT WILL BE USED TO EXPLORE THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF WATER QUALITY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND CO2 AVAILABILITY ON SEAGRASS ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION AND ULTIMATE IMPACTS ON BLUE CARBON RESERVES. ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE OPTICS OF SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENTS SUBMERGED VEGETATION CANOPIES AND SEAGRASS PHYSIOLOGY COMBINED WITH IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION OF RADIOMETRICALLY CALIBRATED REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS NOW ENABLE SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEMS TO BE MONITORED FROM ORBITING PLATFORMS SUCH AS LANDSAT-8 WORLDVIEW-2 AND WORLDVIEW-3 IN ADDITION TO HYPERSPECTRAL SYSTEMS. EXTENSIVE MEADOWS COVERING VERY LARGE REGIONS (E.G. BAHAMAS BANKS) CAN EVEN BE QUANTIFIED WITH MODIS. IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE NASA MISSIONS OFFERING INCREASED SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OVER CURRENT ORBITING SYSTEMS WE WILL DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO QUANTIFY SEAGRASS ASSETS AND MONITOR CHANGES FROM EXISTING ARCHIVED DATA THAT CAN PROVIDE A BRIDGE TO NEW ORBITING PLATFORMS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. THE ALGORITHMS AND MODELS DEVELOPED HERE WILL QUANTIFY STATUS FOR A KEY COASTAL MARINE HABITAT IN THE US AND PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO UTILIZE FUTURE HIGHER RESOLUTION DATASETS PROVIDING INCREASED SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTION TO OBSERVE COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS (HYSPIRI AND FUTURE HIGH-RESOLUTION SENSORS) ACROSS THE GLOBE.

SINGLE-PHOTON SUBRADIANCE, SUPERRADIANCE, AND EMERGENT COOPERATIVITY IN COLD ATOMIC MATTER

CAREER: SELF-PRESERVING DIGITAL OBJECTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: THE COLLOIDAL SHUNT AS A CRITICAL NEXUS OF THE OCEAN IRON AND CARBON CYCLES -THE TURNOVER OF ORGANIC CARBON IN THE OCEAN PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REGULATING THE OCEAN CARBON CYCLE. THE OCEANIC CYCLES OF IRON AND CARBON ARE TIGHTLY COUPLED. THE SUPPLY OF DISSOLVED IRON REGULATES OCEAN BIOLOGY WHILE ORGANIC CARBON IMPACTS THE SOLUBILITY AND BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY OF IRON IN SEAWATER. WE STRIVE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS AND LINKAGES BETWEEN POOLS OF IRON AND ORGANIC CARBON IN THE OCEANS AND TO PREDICT THEIR SENSITIVITY TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES. IN THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, JOINTLY FUNDED WITH THE U.K. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL, SCIENTISTS FROM THE U.S. AND U.K. WILL COMBINE FIELD DATA FROM THE BERMUDA ATLANTIC TIME-SERIES STUDY (BATS) REGION AND FROM THE EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC WITH TARGETED EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND A STATE-OF-THE-ART OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE ORGANIC CARBON - IRON LINKAGES AND THEIR ROLES IN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CHANGES IN OCEAN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, AND WILL CONNECT RURAL K-12 AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THE RESEARCH THROUGH OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. FIELD OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BATS AND CAPE VERDE OCEAN OBSERVATORY REGIONS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES TARGETING IRON-ORGANIC CARBON INTERACTIONS ACROSS SEASONAL AND SPATIAL GRADIENTS. AN OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL WILL BE USED TO CONSTRAIN THE PROCESSES THAT MODULATE INTERACTIONS OF IRON WITH DISSOLVED AND PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL EXAMINE THE A ?COLLOIDAL SHUNT? MECHANISM, WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE DISSOLVED IRON POOL IN THE COLLOIDAL SIZE RANGE IS NOT STABILIZED BY COMPLEXATION WITH ORGANIC LIGANDS. THIS IRON INSTEAD FORMS AGGREGATES WITH ORGANIC CARBON TO FORM PARTICULATE MATTER THAT SINKS OUT OF THE UPPER WATER COLUMN. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE ROLE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON AND IRON-BINDING ORGANIC LIGANDS IN MEDIATING THE COLLOIDAL SHUNT, THE ASSOCIATION OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH THUS-FORMED AUTHIGENIC PARTICULATE IRON PHASES, AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THESE PHASES IN THE OCEAN INTERIOR AS A FUNCTION OF OXYGEN. POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS RESEARCH ARE THAT THE COLLOIDAL SHUNT MIGHT VARY IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE DRIVEN CHANGES IN OCEAN OXYGENATION, AND THAT THIS PROCESS MAY PROVIDE A CONDUIT FOR THE VERTICAL EXPORT OF BOTH PARTICULATE IRON AND ORGANIC CARBON THAT AUGMENTS THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP IN THE SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL OCEANS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

BASIN-SCALE DISTRIBUTION AND ACTIVITY OF DEEP-SEA PROTISTS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

ECOLOGY OF EUKARYOTE MICROBES IN THE DEEP NORTH ATLANTIC

SAMPLING FACILITY FOR US GEOTRACES AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY PROGRAMS

POLAR OZONE CHEMISTRY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ABI INNOVATION: INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ANATOMIC AND GENETIC LANDSCAPES IN THE MOUSE BRAIN

VBOC 2025-2026 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

VBOC 2024-2025 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION - VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER (VBOC)

VBOC 2023-2024 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HYBRID MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH, STUDENT EDUCATION AND TRAINI

LINKING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL PARTICLES (50 - 500 MICROMETER) WITH THEIR SINKING VELOCITIES IN THE MESOPELAGIC ENVIRONMENT

THE THEME OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE LABORATORY SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULES OF IMPORTANCE IN COOL ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS INCLUDING LOW MASS STARS EXOPLANETS BROWN DWARFS M-TYPE STARS S-TYPE STARS AND CARBON STARS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DINITROGEN FIXATION RATES AND DIAZOTROPHIC COMMUNITIES IN CONTRASTING OXYGEN REGIMES OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

III-COR: COLLABORATIVE CLASSIFICATION OF LARGE, GROWING COLLECTIONS WITH EVOLVING FACETS

FMSG: BIO: DISPOSABLE MICROFLUIDICS DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED RF ELECTRIC FIELDS AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR BIOMANUFACTURING OF MRNA-BASED CAR T-CELLS -T-CELLS ARE AN IMPORTANT TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL THAT PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE. CELL-BASED THERAPIES, ESPECIALLY GENETICALLY MODI?ED T-CELLS FROM THE PATIENTS THEMSELVES, CAN BE EFFECTIVE FOR A RANGE OF DISEASES INCLUDING CANCERS. THESE MODI?ED T-CELLS ARE CALLED CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T-CELLS (CAR T-CELLS) AND ARE ENGINEERED IN A SAFE MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO EXPRESS CAR MOLECULES ON T-CELL SURFACES. ONCE CAR T-CELLS ARE INFUSED INTO PATIENTS, THE SELECTIVE CONJUGATION OF TUMOR CELL PROTEIN AND CAR T-CELL PROTEIN TRIGGERS T-CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY THAT KILLS THE TUMOR CELLS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SIGNI?CANT BARRIERS TO THEIR WIDER ADOPTION AS THERAPIES. THESE INCLUDE: (1) SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO CAR T-CELLS ENGINEERED BY VIRAL GENE TRANSFER, WHICH IS THE CURRENT METHOD FOR CAR GENE TRANSFER INTO T-CELLS. (2) THE HIGH EXPENSE OF CAR T-CELL THERAPY. A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR COST IS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCING THE CAR T-CELLS IN CENTRALIZED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL ISSUES, THIS FUTURE MANUFACTURING SEED GRANT (FMSG) RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE NOVEL, LOW-COST MRNA BASED (VIRAL-FREE), DISTRIBUTED CAR T-CELL MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP) ENABLED LOW-COST MRNA-BASED CAR T-CELL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE HOW BOLUS INJECTED EXTERNAL CELLULAR MRNA MOLECULES ARE TRANSLATED INTO PROTEIN MOLECULES IN A TIME DEPENDENT MANNER. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY HOW THE INITIAL CELLULAR PROTEIN LEVEL FROM BOLUS INJECTED EXTERNAL MRNA MODULATES THE HALF-LIFE OF CELLULAR PROTEIN EXPRESSION. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED VIA THE FOLLOWING AIMS: (1) THEORETICALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY STUDY THE PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND HALF-LIFE OF ELECTROPORATED T-CELLS WITH MRNA MOLECULES, AND (2) INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO BUILD GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP) PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING BIOMANUFACTURING PLATFORMS WITH BUILT-IN QUALITY CONTROL AND AUTOMATION. THE BROADER IMPACT ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKFORCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE BIOMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES ON THEORY, CURRENT PRACTICES, AND TRENDS IN BIOMANUFACTURING WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULA AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY AND NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAREER: COMPUTING RADIATION SPECTRA IN COMPTON SOURCES WITH HIGH PRECISION

CYBERTRAINING:CIC: DEAPSECURE: A DATA-ENABLED ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYZER FOR INNOVATIVE GEOLOGICAL, BIOGEOCHEMICAL, AND MATERIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS

BRIDGING THE DISCIPLINARY GAPS IN CYBERSECURITY CURRICULA THROUGH GENERAL EDUCATION, HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES, AND TRAINING FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DECIPHERING DRIVERS AND VARIABILITY IN SALT MARSH LATERAL CARBON EXPORT -TIDAL WETLANDS REMOVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. SOME PORTION OF THIS CARBON IS BURIED AS SOIL, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ?BLUE CARBON.? HOWEVER, ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS CARBON IS EXPORTED TO THE COASTAL OCEAN THROUGH TIDAL FLUSHING OF WETLAND SEDIMENTS. THE AMOUNT OF CARBON EXPORTED FROM TIDAL MARSHES IS NOT WELL KNOWN. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE PROCESSES THAT CONTROL CARBON EXPORTS FROM SALT MARSHES USING STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP THE FIRST PREDICTIVE MODEL OF CARBON EXPORTS. THIS MODEL WILL PROVIDE A TOOL FOR PREDICTING FUTURE CHANGES IN COASTAL CARBON BUDGETS WITH CONTINUED SEA LEVEL RISE. INCLUSION OF LATERAL CARBON EXPORTS AS A ?BLUE CARBON? SINK WOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE INVENTORY OF TIDAL WETLAND CARBON SINKS AND ADD TO THE SUITE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THAT ARE PRESERVED THROUGH CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WETLANDS. THIS PROJECT WILL TRAIN TWO PHD STUDENTS AND PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTIPLE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE SCIENCE RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. LATERAL CARBON (C) EXPORTS ARE THOUGHT TO GREATLY EXCEED C BURIAL GLOBALLY, AND BY AS MUCH AS A FACTOR OF FIVE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. HOWEVER, THESE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON LIMITED DATA. AT PRESENT THE MECHANISTIC DRIVERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES THAT CONTROL LATERAL C AND TOTAL ALKALINITY (TA) FLUXES ACROSS SITES ARE A KNOWLEDGE GAP THAT LIMITS SCALING OR MODELING EFFORTS BEYOND AVERAGING A LIMITED NUMBER OF FIELD OBSERVATIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF MARSH PLATFORM INUNDATION FREQUENCY AND FLOODING DURATION, AS DETERMINED BY ELEVATION WITHIN THE TIDAL FRAME, AS A DRIVER AND PREDICTOR OF LATERAL C AND TA EXPORTS. THIS PROJECT WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT DOC, DIC AND TA EXPORT INCREASES WITH DECREASING MARSH PLATFORM ELEVATION WITHIN THE TIDAL FRAME DUE TO: 1) INCREASED POREWATER DRAINAGE AND 2) A GREATER PROPORTION OF DISSOLVED C FLUX VERSUS CO2 EVASION. A TOTAL OF SIX NEW ENGLAND MARSH SITES AT UNIQUE ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE TIDAL FRAME WILL BE EVALUATED DURING A ONE-MONTH SUMMER PERIOD, CAPTURING PEAK C AND TA EXPORTS MODULATED BY SPRING-NEAP TIDAL VARIATION AND EPISODIC EVENTS. VARIABILITY ACROSS EACH SITE WILL BE CONSTRAINED FROM LOCAL MEASUREMENTS OF RESPIRATION RATES AND NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE, SOIL C CONTENT AND ACCUMULATION RATES, AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS STUDY WILL QUANTIFY LATERAL C AND TA FLUX THROUGH TIDAL CREEKS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, TIME-SERIES SURFACE WATER MEASUREMENTS USING AN IN-SITU DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) SENSOR, BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SENSORS. THE DEPTHS OF MARSH DRAINAGE AND DOC/DIC/TA EXPORT WILL BE DETERMINED FROM SEDIMENT 224RA:228TH DISEQUILIBRIA AND WILL BE COMPARED WITH FLUXES DETERMINED USING THE SURFACE WATER APPROACH. OVERALL, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE EVALUATION OF LATERAL DOC/DIC/TA EXPORTS FROM TIDAL WETLANDS AND SERVE AS A BASIS FOR THE PREDICTION OF FLUX MAGNITUDE AND VARIABILITY INTO A FUTURE, WARMER CLIMATE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, A CONSORTIUM MEMBER, AND WITH STRONG SUPPORT OF THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND IN COL

OBSERVATIONS OF EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES ARE UNDERWAY IN MANY RESEARCH GROUPS HOWEVER THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE OBSERVATIONS REQUIRES SUITABLE

SATC: EDU: CREATING CYBERSECURITY PATHWAYS BETWEEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

AEROSOLS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN THE EARTH S ATMOSPHERE. THEY HAVE STRONG IMPACT ON CLIMATE BY ABSORBING AND SCATTERING BOTH INCOMING AND OUTGOING RADIATION

VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM (VSGC) AND SIX HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS IN VIRGINIA PROPOSE THE INTEGRATIVE STEM FOR ERE-SERVICE TEACHERS (INSTEP) P

IT IS PROPOSED TO MAKE NEW LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF N2 AND CH4 MIXTURES AT PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES THAT MATCH THE CONDITIONS IN TITAN S LOWER ATMOSPHERE.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: US GEOTRACES SAMPLING SYSTEMS AND INTERCALIBRATION

NEW START GRANT TITLED: FUNDAMENTALS OF CERAMIC PARTICLE INTERACTIONS WITH AC ELECTRIC FIELDS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA FOR APPLICATIONS TO HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS

CYANATE IN THE SEA: SOURCES, SINKS, AND QUANTITATIVE SIGNIFICANCE

VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM (VSGC) IS SEEKING A NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT AS PART OF NASA LANGLEY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

CAREER:NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY-RICH MACROMOLECULES RECOVERY FROM MICROALGAE USING SUBCRITICAL WATER

AN INNOVATIVE GPU-OPTIMIZED MULTISCALE CODE FOR HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION OF COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN ELECTRON BEAMS

THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE LABORATORY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF TITAN AND THE GIANT PLANETS AS WELL AS COMETS. IT FOCUSES ON THE SPECTRA OF SMALL HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED MOLECULES; OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE THE HYDROCARBONS ETHANE PROPANE PROPENE AND BUTANE. WE WILL DELIVER TO THE ATMOSPHERES NODE OF NASA S PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM (PDS) HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS FOR THESE SPECIES IN THE INFRARED AND NEAR INFRARED FOR AN APPROPRIATE SET OF TEMPERATURES PRESSURES AND COMPOSITIONS TO MATCH TYPICAL PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. PDS HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT AND ARCHIVE OUR DATA. WE WILL MEASURE THE ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF COLD HYDROCARBON GASES BROADENED BY HYDROGEN NITROGEN AND HELIUM WITH A HIGH-RESOLUTION FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER. MANY OF THESE SPECTRA WILL BE RECORDED AT SYNCHROTRON FACILITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA AS WELL AS AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY. THESE SPECTRA WILL BE CONVERTED INTO SETS OF ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS AND FOR SOME SPECIES A LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS WILL BE CARRIED OUT. THESE DATA ARE NEEDED FOR RELIABLE RETRIEVALS OF TRACE GAS CONCENTRATIONS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. THE PROPOSAL CONTRIBUTES TO THE PLANETARY DATA ARCHIVING RESTORATION AND TOOLS (PDART) PROGRAM BY: 1.5 GENERATION OF NEW REFERENCE INFORMATION . INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY ARE: PROPOSALS TO MAKE LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS OR OTHERWISE GENERATE NEW REFERENCE INFORMATION THAT IS INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE IN PLANETARY SCIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED. EXAMPLES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE BY NO MEANS LIMITED TO SPECTRAL DATA OUR LABORATORY SPECTRAL DATA ARE NEEDED FOR EXAMPLE TO SUPPORT JUNO AND CASSINI OBSERVATIONS OF TITAN SATURN AND JUPITER AS WELL AS MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH GROUND-BASED AND SPACE-BASED TELESCOPES OF THE OUTER PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES.

MULTI-PARAMETRIC BIOREACTOR FOR FUNCTIONAL PRESERVATION OF VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOGRAFTS